The ambush was simple. A spotter on a hill would scan the sea and when he saw the big black fins approach, he would shout…
View More ‘I’m happy we’re not killing them any more’: Ireland’s last basking shark hunter on the return of the giantsTag: Fishing
Falkland Islands dispute is causing fishing ‘free-for-all’ in nearby Blue Hole
The scale of unregulated fishing in a disputed region close to the Falkland Islands has reached an “overwhelming” level that is threatening fish populations and…
View More Falkland Islands dispute is causing fishing ‘free-for-all’ in nearby Blue Hole‘A frenzy of bodies in the chamber of death’: Italian fishers fight to preserve an ancient tradition
On an overcast morning, several miles off Sardinia’s east coast, four men jump into a net where 49 giant Atlantic bluefin tuna are fighting for…
View More ‘A frenzy of bodies in the chamber of death’: Italian fishers fight to preserve an ancient tradition‘It’s a bucket-list fish’: bluefin tuna are back in British seas – and so are the fishing boats
Built like a torpedo, weighing more than a male polar bear when fully grown and fetching prices in Japan of more than £2m for a…
View More ‘It’s a bucket-list fish’: bluefin tuna are back in British seas – and so are the fishing boatsTories urged to end ‘idiotic’ £1.8bn tax break for UK fishing fleet
The government needs to urgently end polluting tax breaks for the UK fishing fleet that threaten to “empty the ocean of fish”, say conservationists, after…
View More Tories urged to end ‘idiotic’ £1.8bn tax break for UK fishing fleetFive to ditch and five to try: what fish should we be eating in 2024?
In a year of record-breaking temperatures and marine heatwaves threatening our already depleted seas, conservationists, supermarkets and even musicians, including Icelandic singer Björk, have spoken…
View More Five to ditch and five to try: what fish should we be eating in 2024?Sharing the sea: life on Europe’s only open Schengen border with Russia
From the village of Grense Jakobselv, where the Norwegian-Russian border meets the Arctic Ocean, you can see straight into Russia. And, across the river that…
View More Sharing the sea: life on Europe’s only open Schengen border with Russia‘Monstrous’ sea lice and jellyfish invasions blighting Scottish salmon farms
Lochs in the Highlands of Scotland are among the most spectacular and pristine wildlife areas in Britain, attracting tourists from around the world. They are…
View More ‘Monstrous’ sea lice and jellyfish invasions blighting Scottish salmon farms‘Everything is destroyed’: dynamite use sends shockwaves through fishing industries
The immediate aftermath of a blast is obvious, says Wilson Perera: the ocean turns murky with blood and is strewn with fish that are missing…
View More ‘Everything is destroyed’: dynamite use sends shockwaves through fishing industries‘They won’t buy it’: fish traders anxious after Fukushima wastewater release
Awa-jinja is a place of pilgrimage for the more superstitious fishers of Shinchi-machi, a coastal town in Fukushima, who come here to lower their heads…
View More ‘They won’t buy it’: fish traders anxious after Fukushima wastewater release